Cricket Postcards, Trade & Cigarette Cards

Lot 411:

Victor Thomas Trumper. New South Wales & Australia 1894-1914. Sepia real photograph postcard of the scoreboard for Canterbury v Australians played at Christchurch, 27th, 28th February, 2nd March 1914. The scoreboard shows Canterbury having been dismissed for 92 in their first innings and the Australian's total at 651 for 9 at the close of the second day's play, Trumper having scored 293 and Sims 182no in a record partnership in first-class cricket for the eighth wicket of 433 runs, a record that stands to this day, and also Trumper's highest score to date. The Australians won the match by an innings and 364 runs. The postcard is addressed to Trumper with the message, 'A memento from J.W. Roberts, Sydenham, Christchurch'. A rare postcard with an excellent association. Some creasing and wear, generally good condition

Estimate: £100/150

Hammer price: £170

Lot 412:

H.H. Stephenson's tour of Australia 1861/62. Rare and important original carte de visite photograph of the All England Eleven who toured in 1861/62. The photograph features the players in cricket attire holding bats and balls. Players include H.H. Stephenson, Caffyn, Mortlock, Hearne, Mudie, Iddison, F. Stephenson, Sewell etc. The photograph has title and players names to lower border of mount. The photograph measures 2.5"x4". This was the first English tour of Australia. Adhesive marks to verso, otherwise in good/ very good condition

Ernest George Hayes. Surrey, London County, Leicestershire & England 1896-1926. Mono real photograph postcard of Hayes, head and shoulders in Surrey cap. Nicely signed in black ink to the photograph by Hayes. "Force" Bat Series. G/VG

Estimate: £70/100

Hammer price: unsold

Lot 415:

Bobby Abel. Surrey & England 1881-1904. Sepia postcard of Abel, full length, in batting pose, wearing Surrey cap. Nicely signed by Abel in ink 'Yours Truly, R. Abel, Surrey, August 14th 1905'. Wrench series 1695. Some of the signature and inscription to darker area of postcard. Light foxing to card otherwise in good condition. Rare

Jack Hobbs, Surrey & England. Mono real photograph plainback postcard of Hobbs in batting pose. Signed by Hobbs. To reverse of postcard is an interesting handwritten note from Hobbs to Mrs Duncombe Gibbs, dated 14th March 1935. 'Please accept my best thanks for your very nice letter re my retirement from first class cricket. I much appreciate your kind thought and good wishes. It is fine to recall that first match of mine, and I am glad to learn you were there and picked me out as a good 'un. With every good wish'. Nicely signed by Hobbs. G/VG

Estimate: £50/80

Hammer price: unsold

Lot 418:

Jack Hobbs and Andrew Sandham. Sepia real photograph postcard of Hobbs and Sandham walking out to bat. Nicely signed in ink to the photograph by both players. Ground, match and publisher unknown. Scarce. VG

Estimate: £50/80

Hammer price: £110

Lot 419:

Surrey C.C.C. 1940s-1960s. Seven mono real photograph postcards and photographs of Surrey players, each signed by the featured player(s). Signatures, all in ink, include David Fletcher, Tom Clark, Arthur McIntyre, John Edrich, Eddie Watts, Alec Bedser and Pat Pocock. Also a mono postcard of the bronze statuette of Alec Bedser by David Wynne, 1953, signed by Bedser. Qty 8. G/VG

Estimate: £40/60

Hammer price: £65

Lot 420:

Surrey C.C.C. 1930s-1950s. Three oversize Pinnace trade cards of Andrew Sandham (series no. 19.C), Herbert Strudwick (17.C) and Percy Fender (24.C). Small loss to lower edge of the Strudwick card, otherwise in good condition. Also a good selection of six mono postcards of Surrey players published by F.C. Dick, Oval Bookseller. Players are Laker, Stewart, Garland Wells, May, Gover and Fishlock. Sold with a Wilkes real photograph plain back postcard of Fishlock, a mono postcard size photograph of Strudwick, and a mono press photograph of the 1952 Surrey team signed in ink by Stuart Surridge. Qty 12. G/VG

Estimate: £50/80

Hammer price: £50

Lot 421:

Surrey C.C.C. c1950s. Eleven mono real photograph postcards of Surrey players published by F.C. Dick, Oval Bookseller, each signed in ink to the photograph by the featured player. Signatures are McIntyre, Squires, Laker, Gover, Fishlock, E. Bedser, A. Bedser, Barling, Barton, Surridge and Parker. The majority of postcards trimmed to top edge, adhesive marks to verso of all, otherwise in good condition

Surrey C.C.C. players and teams 1900s-1960s. Good selection of mono and colour postcards of Surrey players and teams. Players include Abel, Richardson, Hitch, 'Razor' Smith, Fender, Hayward, Hobbs etc. Series include Force, Woodland-Fullwood, Wrench, John Walker, National, Lindley, Raphael Tuck etc. Sold with a further selection of Star series postcards of Surrey players, teams and The Oval. Odd faults, generally in good condition. Qty 34

John Berry 'Jack' Hobbs, Surrey & England 1905-1934. Three mono real photograph postcards, one real photograph trade card and one press photograph all featuring Hobbs in various poses, each signed in ink to the image by Hobbs. Window mounted in modern mount and frame, overall 15"x14". G

Roy Kilner, Yorkshire and England, 1911-27. Phillips 'Pinnace' premium issue cabinet size mono real photograph trade card of Kilner, full length, at the wicket wearing Yorkshire blazer and cap. Signed by Kilner. No.49c. 4"x6". Minor wear to corners, minor wear and small amount of tape to verso otherwise in good condition. A rarer signed Pinnace card

Estimate: £50/70

Hammer price: £60

Lot 431:

Herbert Sutcliffe. Yorkshire & England 1919-1945. Mono real photograph postcard of Sutcliffe at the wicket in batting pose. Nicely signed by Sutcliffe. Wear to top right hand corner, light creasing otherwise in good condition

Scarborough Festival 1955. Two original mono plain back real photograph postcards one of T.N. Pearce's XI, the other of the South Africans, standing in cricket attire in front of the pavilion at Scarborough for the match played 7th-9th September 1955. Both photographs appear to be by Walkers Studio. VG

Estimate: £30/50

Hammer price: unsold

Lot 434:

Scarborough Festival 1956. Two original mono plain back real photograph postcards one of T.N. Pearce's XI, the other of the Australians, standing in cricket attire in front of the pavilion at Scarborough for the match played 5th-7th September 1955. The Australians photograph with Walkers Studio stamp to verso, the other also appears to be by Walkers. VG

Arthur Percy Frank Chapman. Cambridge University, Kent & England 1920-1938. "Comic" Series no. 3819 colour postcard featuring a cartoon of two gentlemen and two ladies seated on a bus or tram with the title 'There's many a fellow gets clean-bowled with this leg-theory and body-line stuff!'. The two men are reading newspapers, one reading a 'Cricket Edition' has been captioned in ink 'A.P.F.C.', the other reading a 'Racing Special' is captioned 'Case' (Somerset). Postmarked 28th June 1938 when Kent were playing Somerset at Tunbridge Wells, the postcard is addressed to 'A.P.F. Chapman Esq, Bodyline & Leg Theory Expert, County Cricket Ground, Tunbridge Wells, Kent' with the message 'All the best. "Good Ealth" [sic], Massy P' (Massey Poyntz, former Somerset Captain). Sold with three mono press photographs of Chapman. G/VG

Estimate: £70/100

Hammer price: £140

'Box' Case (Somerset 1925-1935) had a batting style described as 'limited but effective'. In his history of Somerset cricket David Foot described how in 1928 when Bill Voce was experimenting with leg theory bowling "(Case) missed the ball, fell in a ludicrous heap and then picked up a stump instead of the bat."

Lot 439:

Leslie Ethelbert George Ames. Kent & England 1926-1951. Real photograph trade card of Ames published by Ardath Tobacco Co. Series E 1938. Signed in blue ink to the photograph by Ames. Sold with two other cigarette cards and a small selection of postcards, photographs and a handwritten letter from Ames replying to a request for his autograph dated 21st July 1978. G/VG

Pelham Francis 'Plum' Warner. Oxford University, Middlesex & England 1894-1920. Mono real photograph postcard of Warner standing full length in England cap and blazer. Signed in ink by Warner to the photograph. Published by T. Bolland. Some creasing, slight foxing and minor adhesive marks to verso, otherwise in good condition

Middlesex C.C.C. 1903. Mono real photograph postcard of the Middlesex team seated and standing in rows wearing blazers. Signed in ink to the right border by J.T. Hearne and A.E. Trott. Also signed in ink to verso by Hearne, Beldham, Hunt, Trott, Rawlin, Warner and MacGregor, also by Wells on piece laid down. Rotary series. Minor smudging to some signatures, small adhesive marks to verso, otherwise in good/ very good condition

Estimate: £100/150

Hammer price: £140

Lot 444:

John Kent Nye. Sussex 1934-1947. Excellent mono real photograph postcard of Nye in cameo, head and shoulders wearing cricket attire. The photograph by A. Wilkes & Son, West Bromwich. Signed in ink to front by Nye. VG

Estimate: £50/80

Hammer price: unsold

Lot 445:

George Cox. Sussex 1931-1960. Excellent mono real photograph postcard of Cox in cameo, head and shoulders wearing cricket attire. The photograph by A. Wilkes & Son, West Bromwich. Signed in ink to front by Cox. Handwritten date to verso '15th July 1939' and 'autographed August 10th 1939'. VG

Estimate: £50/80

Hammer price: unsold

Lot 446:

Worcestershire C.C.C. 1931. Original mono plain back real photograph postcard of the 1931 Worcestershire team, seated and standing in rows wearing cricket attire, some in blazers. Albert Wilkes & Son of West Bromwich. G/VG

Australia 1930. Excellent plain back mono postcard of Don Bradman, head and shoulders, wearing Australian sweater and cap. The card has been nicely signed by Bradman in ink. Number '3' printed to lower left corner. From a series of fifteen cards produced by B.D.V. cigarettes of Godfrey Phillips of London, as part of their advertising campaign for the 1930 Australian tourists. G/VG

Estimate: £100/150

Hammer price: £110

Lot 449:

Sydney Cricket Ground 1905. Early original colour postcard depicting a panoramic scene of a match in progress at Sydney Cricket Ground. The postcard dated in ink to front '5/1/[19]05'[?]. Publisher unknown. G

Estimate: £70/100

Hammer price: £70

Lot 450:

West Indies tour to England 1969. Twenty three excellent mono real photograph plain back postcards/photographs of members of the West Indies touring party and management, depicted head and shoulders, half length and full length, wearing cricket attire. Players featured include Garry Sobers (Cpt), Fredericks, Butcher, Camacho, Walcott, Roberts, Foster, Lloyd, Davis, Blair, Gibbs, Holder, Shillingford, Findlay, Griffiths, Hendricks etc. Odd duplication of the player, but all different images. Photographs by Morley L. Pecker, Hampstead, London. Each measures 3.5"x5.5". VG

Estimate: £80/120

Hammer price: £180

Lot 451:

South Africa tour to England 1935. Five mono candid style photographpostacrds of members of the South Africa touring party. Players are Wade (Captain), Williams, Vincent, Rowan and Balaskas. Each postcard has the player's name neatly annotated in ink to the photograph. Sold with a colour postcard of Vincent produced for the 1929 tour to England. Qty 6. G/VG

Estimate: £50/70

Hammer price: £40

Lot 452:

South Africa tour to England 1935. Original mono plain back postcard of the South Africa team in front of the pavilion at Scarborough in 1935. Players' names and title handwritten in ink to lower part of the photograph. Walkers Studios of Scarborough. Also a mono plain back postcard of a cameo photograph H.B. Cameron walking out to bat. Both ex John Arlott collection. Sold with a copy mono plain back postcard of Cameron walking out to bat at Scarborough for his final innings in England for South Africa in which he scored 160. Qty 3. VG

Estimate: £30/50

Hammer price: £60

Lot 453:

Bruce Mitchell. Transvaal & South Africa 1925-1950. Mono plain back postcard of a cameo photograph Mitchell walking out to bat. probably at Scarborough in 1935. Nicely signed in ink to the photograph by Mitchell. To verso a handwritten message to John Arlott from Mitchell, dated 28th March 1958. Minor staining to verso and light creasing, otherwise in good condition

Middlesex C.C.C. 1993-2010. Blue album comprising over one hundred official player cards and similar photographs etc issued by the County, the majority signed by the featured player. Signatures include Gatting, Emburey, Tufnell, Ramprakash, Fraser, Farbrace, Strauss, Kallis, Compton, Hughes, Morgan, Finn, Gilchrist, Roland-Jones, Malan, Udal, Denly, Fraser etc. G/VG

Estimate: £50/70

Hammer price: £55

Lot 458:

Middlesex C.C.C. c2010-2016. Green album comprising over one hundred official player cards issued by the County, featuring caricatures by 'Sy'. Each card is signed by the featured player. Signatures include Compton, Eskinazi, Finn, Franklin, Gubbins, Roland-Jones, Voges, Malan, Morgan, Robson, Denly, Collymore, Rogers, Strauss etc. G/VG

Estimate: £30/50

Hammer price: £65

Lot 459:

Cornhill Insurance cards. Large black album comprising over two hundred cards from Series A-K. Early mono cards are Series A Willis, Series B Willis, Tavare and Hemmings, all four signed. Other series are C (33 cards), D (11), E (27), G (16), H (23) I (43), J (32), K (21). The majority of cards signed by the featured player. G/VG

Estimate: £100/150

Hammer price: £180

Lot 460:

TCCB/ECB 'Classic Cricket Cards' (Stamp Publicity). Large black album comprising an almost complete set of 400 postcards (lacking nos. 151, 177, 187, 251, 279, 294, 295, 297, 307, 320, 326, 330, 341, 345-348, 357, 364, 375-377, 379, 394). Also nos. 1-12 of the series issued for the 1999 World Cup. The majority of cards signed by the featured player. G/VG

Estimate: £140/180

Hammer price: £500

Lot 461:

'Classic Cricket Cards' (Stamp Publicity). Large blue album comprising over one hundred and twenty players' cards. Series are 'International Cricketers', 106 cards covering nos. 400-528. 'Cricketers Occasional Series' (Qty 9) and 'England Cricketers Caricatures by Patch' (Qty 11). Approximately half of the cards are signed by the featured player. G/VG